Ed Sheeran Explains Real Reason For Twitter Departure

The singer responded to rumors about his abrupt departure from the social media site (he deactivated his account late Monday night, a day after his cameo on the hit HBO show) with a cheeky Instagram message posted on Wednesday, June 19.

"Last i'll say on this. I came off Twitter Coz I was always intending to come off Twitter, had nothing to do with what people said about my game of thrones cameo, because I am in game of thrones, why the hell would I worry what people thought about that," he wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of him and his manager holding hands in a parking lot.

"It's clearly f---in' awesome. Timing was just a coincidence, but believe what you want," Sheeran continued. "Here is an unrelated picture of me and my wonderful manager riding off into the sunset together."